Mercury Weather Station

KDRA · United States

Climate Mercury Weather Station 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mercury Weather Station (KDRA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.7 97 92 100 97 100
February 96.1 86 92 100 100 98
March 97.7 95 96 100 97 97
April 99.2 97 100 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 95 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 99 100
August 98.8 97 98 97 100
September 99.3 100 98 100 99
October 98.1 100 99 99 100
November 96.9 99 100 100 92
December 89.4 54 99 97 99
Average 97.4 92.8 94.4 98.7 98.7 98.7

26th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.1 100 97 100 98 100
February 98.3 97 94 100 100 99
March 99.4 99 99 100 99 100
April 99.2 97 100 100 99
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 95 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 99 97 100
September 99.4 100 98 100 99
October 98.4 100 100 100 100
November 97.9 100 100 100 92
December 91.0 54 99 100 100
Average 98.6 98.6 95.5 99.0 99.3 99.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.3 13 11 14 14 14
February 15.5 14 13 17 16 18
March 18.4 17 15 22 18 16
April 25.4 24 25 26 27
May 29.5 29 30 31 31
June 35.6 32 36 38 35
July 39.0 40 39 39 39
August 37.6 35 38 38 39
September 33.2 32 34 34 35
October 25.8 24 27 23 29
November 18.9 18 15 21 19
December 12.5 8 11 12 15
Average 25.0 14.7 23.6 26.1 25.9 26.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.1 1 2 1 1 3
February 3.3 4 1 3 3 4
March 5.8 6 4 6 4 6
April 10.8 10 11 11 13
May 14.7 14 14 15 17
June 19.8 18 21 22 18
July 24.0 25 25 24 22
August 22.6 22 24 24 22
September 18.0 17 19 19 18
October 11.2 12 14 10 12
November 5.2 5 3 7 5
December 1.7 1 0 2 1
Average 11.4 3.5 10.8 12.1 11.8 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.5 4 9 0 3 0
February 4.4 13 9 0 1 4
March 2.6 6 7 0 1 1
April 0.7 3 1 0 0
May 1.0 0 0 0 2
June 0.3 1 1 0 0
July 0.7 0 2 1 0
August 1.3 6 1 0 1
September 0.3 1 1 0 0
October 1.1 0 0 7 0
November 1.4 0 1 0 0
December 1.6 0 3 3 1
Average 2.0 7.5 2.7 0.8 1.2 0.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 6 10 9 8 7
February 8.9 7 11 10 9 7
March 9.9 11 10 8 10 10
April 9.9 9 11 9 8
May 9.3 9 10 9 10
June 9.4 9 10 9 9
July 8.3 9 9 7 9
August 7.8 8 7 9 8
September 8.0 8 7 8 7
October 8.0 9 7 8 7
November 8.2 8 10 8 8
December 7.0 4 7 8 8
Average 8.5 7.9 8.6 8.8 8.5 8.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 097° 054° 070° 082° 066°
February 222° 129° 062° 360° 052°
March 203° 205° 044° 196° 208°
April 187° 215° 223° 261°
May 215° 241° 236° 218°
June 211° 216° 214° 222°
July 219° 210° 215° 219°
August 208° 175° 215° 218°
September 203° 207° 213° 199°
October 066° 133° 186° 006°
November 119° 108° 126° 121°
December 113° 175° 173° 070°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.